February 2010 Blog Posts (68)

A project long in the works finally comes to fruitionThis zine was created using a different method to the first 2 in the Haich seriesHaich.1 was 'cut + paste' methodHaich.2 was draw - scan then Photoshop methodzine #3 - Bird_Habit.1 - was draw, scan then figure it out with wacom tablet...photoshop method...teaching myself how to use a wacom tablet as i went along - so it took a while for it to come together...…

i'm sorry i haven't been a team player lately.. i had to put my cat SidneyBear to sleep.. she was in my life for 19 years.. i'm heartbroken and a little lost without her.. i'm trying to work thru this but inspiration seems to have left me..

I recently found a new web host, Weebly.com. Hate the name, but so far there's nothing I don't like about the service. The interface is ridiculously easy to use and it has a lot of nifty features that I haven't seen with other hosts. So I'll slowly be transitioning all my online junk into one single Apocalypse Girl HQ.

Been reading a lot of really good zines lately. Been tempted to start reviewing them, but then I wonder - do we really need another opinionated voice, tainted by personal taste; does anyone other than the zinester herself (or himself) care what I think about a zine?

Anyway, it's been refreshing and cathartic to read people's personal experiences, presented in a somewhat careful and artistic format, especially when they to some extent mirror my own sentiment. A copy of…

i'm not organised enough to have zines for sale on line but the chapbooks i publish under the jazz from hell banner and the books i have written or have been lucky enough to be included in from paroxysm press are available via www.ozmusicbooks.com ; - the man behind this site has been doing zines for longer than most of us have been alive. and he's fast, efficient and takes no prisoners. check him out.…Continue

I have been searching high and low and have not been able to locate any zine fairs or zine communities within the state of Arizona. This brings me much sadness and frustration! So I have decided to take it upon myself and do some research regarding planning/organizing a zine fest/fair in the Phoeinix (Arizona) area. If anyone out there can offer advice, tips, words of wisdom on how to get this idea off the ground I am all ears.Or if you know of such events or communities within the State of…

It’s always tough to write about zines without falling into self-referential piffle – we are afterall unsubbed and unvalidated – but events such as this genuinely does remind me why I bother, sporadically, to produce material. There were a number of events, including a gig featuring the wonderful Bobby McGees and a knees up at the Cowley Club, around the festival but I just managed to leg it to the London Bridge train down from London for the main Saturday sale the fest was centred… Continue

TEN Plus TIPS FOR MUSICIANS 1 Try to stand out, not fit in. Your goal should not be to sound like everyone else. If you are not doing something that is the world's first in music - then ask yourself, "Why not? Show some courage. Do something new. Find your own…

The second issue of Hazel Harper has not yet been born. Maybe soon... maybe not.

It's the brain fog, you see. It seeps in, virtually unnoticed, making thoughts impossible to pull into focus. It is brought on by life. A mind numbing daily life of things that must be done. Wake up, feed the kids, shuffle them off to school, do what's necessary to keep the abode livable, talk to the necessary people, try to… Continue

The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:This English fair began in 1133, and it was such fun, and such a big hit that they kept it going each year for, oh, say, 722 years! Name it.ISBartholomew Fair, held in West Smithfield, London.Fo/mo/info…Continue

I travelled from London to Brighton on Saturday, picking some friends up on the way, to go to my first ever zine related event.

Hannover Community Centre had a great feel to it, very village hall-like.

The main room downstairs was packed! We placed our mix CD in the box and went round all the different stalls. It was amazing to see the wide variety of zines available, right from DIY through to professional books.